In an attempt to better appreciate my current forced vacation, I decided this afternoon to get out into the city with my camera and see what I could come up with, and I’m quite pleased with the results. Over the next few days I’ll post some of the images that I was able to capture.

One of the things that I always find interesting about Washington, D.C. is the perception that people have about it, because of it’s size, and because of it’s importance as the center of the political world. Washington, D.C. is anything but an urban jungle, as there are parks and open spaces everywhere throughout the city that hold foliage and wildlife, as well, of course, as monuments and historical markers. Sometimes these things even intersect, as they did this afternoon as I was walking along the Tidal Basin and looked back towards the Washington Monument.